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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1988-04-04 1992-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1988-04-04 1991-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-04-04 1992-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1988-04-04 1991-10-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1988-05-02 1990-09-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-04-04 1991-08-29
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1988-04-04 1990-07-25
Organics, other Water-quality 1988-04-04 1991-08-29
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1988-04-04 1991-08-29
Physical Water-quality 1988-04-04 1992-08-25
Sediment Water-quality 1988-04-04 1992-05-21
n/a Site Visits 1977-08-24 1977-08-24
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04248250 is associated with a Stream in Oswego County, New York. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04248250 n/a
Site name
OSWEGO R AT LOCK 5 AT MINETTO NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432401 n/a
DMS longitude 0762825 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.4003462 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.4732727 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Oswego County 075
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map OSWEGO EAST, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 310 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04140203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19880404 n/a
Drainage area
5097 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a